Ml Sports Platter

00:00-20:00: ML chats with his old co-worker Rick Roberts from 93Q about the latest in Top 40, adjusting to COVID-19 life, challenges with the kids, trick basketball shots, doing high school basketball games together, missing music and sports and his beloved basketball, if concerts are coming back in 2020 and more! 21:00-43:00: Next up it's best-selling author Jonathan Eig on Ali: The Life, Ali's impact on America, how the story is told if Cassius Clay doesn't chance his name to Muhammad Ali, when Ali's flamboyant personality really started, where Ali ranks all-time for fighters and more!   This podcast is presented by the below sponsors.  Click the links for more.  Follow Mike Lindsley on Twitter @MikeLSports. Empower Federal Credit Union https://www.empowerfcu.com/ Heid's of Liverpool https://www.heidsofliverpool.com/ Vinciguerra Consulting Group http://www.vinciguerraconsultinggroup.com/

00:00-22:00: ML brings in longtime sports journalist and author Jim Mandelaro to chat about what the Buffalo Bills may do in the NFL Draft, his book years ago with Scott Pitoniak, Silver Seasons: The Story of the Rochester Red Wings, The Last Dance, missing sports, his job now in higher education and adjusting to COVID-19, covering the 1993 World Series and witnessing the Joe Carter walk-off home run and more.   23:00-40:00: ML chats with WGR 550's Nate Geary on what he wants the Bills to do in the NFL Draft, if Buffalo will move up, if the defense can be even better in 2020, why to love/not love McBeane and the new regime, his love of golf and favorite courses to play and more! 41:00-1:09:00: Finally, former Auburn head football coach and current SEC Network college football analyst Gene Chizik chats with ML about Joe Burrow having no holes, what it's like to coach in the Iron Bowl against Alabama, coaching at small and large schools and how different it really is, if the NFL Draft is overrated or underrated

00:00-25:00: ML brings in The Athletic college football analyst and insider Mike Huguenin to break down the can't miss guys in the NFL Draft, Tua's future, what he sees in the wide receivers, why this is a must-Draft for the Dolphins, Joe Burrow's impact for the Bengals should they take him and more. 26:00-38:00: ML spends a few minutes breaking down episodes 1/2 of "The Last Dance" and why this episode brings back so many memories of his love for MJ and the Chicago Bulls, plus the start of watching the NBA less and less when the 1997-98 Bulls were broken-up. 39:00-1:02:00: The Athletic's Matthew Gutierrez jumps in to chat about his love of basketball history, "The Last Dance," his age group appreciating MJ, the MJ vs. LeBron comparison, SU basketball's make-up in 2020-2021, why Elijah Hughes should be appreciated and more! This episode is brought to you by the below sponsors.  Click the links for more.  Follow Mike Lindsley on Twitter @MikeLSports  Empower Federal Credit Union https://www.empowerfcu.com/ Hei

00:00-24:00: ML brings in Holly Rowe from ESPN to recap The Last Dance episodes 1/2, her love of Chicago sports and Michael Jordan, her journey battling sickness, her media career, how she would want her biography written, her relationships through the years, 1992 Final Four memories, influencing young women in media and more. 25:00-49:00 Yankees DJ/scoreboard operator Chris Granozio jumps in next to chat about a typical day at work at Yankee Stadium, his days in Syracuse working for the Chiefs, broadcast and production idols, how strange NYC is right now, if the Yanks are the favorites when MLB returns and more. 50:00-1:08:00: Finally, Jen McCaffrey from The Athletic chats about her first decade in media, covering the Red Sox, growing-up outside of Boston, Mookie Betts moving on and what's next for the Sox, her days studying journalism at Syracuse and more. This episode is presented by the below sponsors.  Click the links for more information.  Follow Mike Lindsley on Twitter @MikeLSports. Heid's of Liverpoo

00:00-11:00 ML chats with Scott Vinciguerra about his new book "The Vault: A Personal Journal of Gifts on Wisdom, Guidance, Life, & Love, what he hopes the book can do for others, the experience of working on the book with his daughter and more! 12:00-24:00 ML jumps into the importance of having college football back in 2020 for the sake of all sports at colleges and universities.  College football is simply "essential" for all involved. 25:00-1:00:00 Tyler Dunne, NFL Features Writer for Bleacher Report, joins the show to chat with ML about what the Bengals would be getting if they do take Joe Burrow #1, other NFL Draft storylines, what he sees in Chase Young, Brandon Beane already being a shark GM in Buffalo, Josh Allen's excuses being over with Stefon Diggs in town, why the NFL will play in 2020, his recent conversation with Tyrod Taylor, Tom Brady's last run in Tampa Bay, his beloved dog and how they found him and more!   This episode is presented by the below sponsors.  Click on the links for more.  F

00:00-37:00: ML brings in Mike Waters, Syracuse men's basketball beat writer for Syracuse.com, to chat about the excitement over "The Last Dance," more Michael Jordan stories from his time at UNC, how COVID-19 shut down college basketball and Mike's experience with that at the ACC Tournament, if college basketball will even return in 2020-2021, what's next for Elijah Hughes, Syracuse's current level of talent now and more!  38:00-51:00: ML's second guest is former NFL QB/Sportstalk 790 host Sean Salisbury on how things finish for Tom Brady in Tampa Bay, NFL Draft storylines, what he sees in Joe Burrow, if we have NFL action in 2020 and more! 52:00-1:08:00: ML wraps-up the podcast with World of Beer Syracuse's Tim Butler on crossover beers to taste, underrated breweries they have, trivia debuting online and more! This podcast is brought to you by the below sponsors.  Click on the websites for more!  Follow Mike Lindsley on Twitter @MikeLSports. Brian Conboy, Mass Mutual NYS https://advisors.massmutual.com/bria

00:00-20:00: ML chats with Vince Marcucci from the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers, Single A Affiliate of the Chicago White Sox, about his time in Minor League Baseball, how COVID-19 has impacted his life and job, his time with the Trenton Thunder, Bat Dog Rookie the Golden, how important logos are in baseball, his time studying at West Virginia and all the sporting events he saw and more! 21:00-60:00: ML brings in Jon Pessah, author of Yogi:  A Life Behind the Mask, to chat about Yogi's legacy, his amazing participation in WWII, his 10 rings/14 pennants with New York, when he was the core piece of the Yankees and best player in baseball, his relationship with Phil Rizzuto, how he went from The Hill in St. Louis to baseball's best catcher, his marriage with Carmen, Yogi's amazing and developing celebrity as time went on, why Yogi's career could actually be viewed as underrated, why he's more than just the Yogisms, how unfair he was treated as a manager throughout his career for the Yanks and Mets, how many lives he

00:00-26:30: ML brings in Chris Connors to chat about the release of his second book, “Emotional Intelligence for the Modern Leader," how important it is to control emotions as a leader of any magnitude, why this book will help everyone during COVID-19, growing-up on Long Island with his brothers, his special family day at Yankee Stadium, his love for Syracuse basketball, writing a book and handling family time and more!   27:00-54:00: ML goes from one author to the next with Dale Tafoya to chat about his new work Billy Ball: Billy Martin and the Resurrection of the Oakland A’s.  They hit on how Oakland got back to being relevant thanks to Billy Martin, Billy's style of play, how Martin would do in today's stats world, how the Martin Era in Oakland created late 1980's title success for the Athletics, if Martin is a Hall of Fame manager, why the AL welcomed Billy Martin back as an A's skipper and more!   This episode is brought to you by the below sponsors.  Click on the websites for more.  Follow Mike Lindsle

00:00-34:00: ML brings in longtime golf pro, golf course general manager and current golf course owner Trey Walewski to chat about New York State taking away his course, what we can all do to help, the worry about our economy over COVID-19, why other states understand golf better than NYS, missing the Masters over the weekend, if the PGA Tour is coming back, what he's doing now with Under Armour, Tiger's impact on his golf career and more!   35:00-52:00: ML brings in old pal Scott Dixon to chat about how COVID-19 has impacted his daily life of hosting shows and working in radio programming, the latest in alternative music, when bands will be able to play in public again, his work helping dogs and more.   53:00-59:00: ML closes the podcast by saying that people posting their old senior pictures does nothing to help or honor the current kids who lost their normal senior year and most activities due to COVID-19.   This episode is presented by the below sponsors.  Click the websites for more.  Follow Mike Lindsle

00:00-22:00: ML brings in the terrific TV voice of the Washington Nationals, Bob Carpenter, to chat about when he knew the Nats had it in them last year to go all the way, the impact the title has had on D.C. sports, if Stephen Strasburg is now the ace of the staff, missing baseball, the next big step for Patrick Corbin and what he means to the franchise, why it was important for MLB that the Nats won and not the Astros in 2019 and more! 22:00-54:00: ML chats with Syracuse lacrosse great Ryan Powell about his childhood with Mike and Casey, Mike's music career, Ryan's amazing success with Rhino Lacrosse, his days at SU, winning it all in 2000 and what clicked for that year's team on The Hill, the pressure to win at Syracuse, why it's unacceptable for the Orange not to have won a lacrosse title since 2009, his professional career, raising three kids, a hilarious story about his son not wanting to play lacrosse and then loving it for a day, handling life and work with a big family, where the game is growing the

00:00-37:00: ML brings in Dave Matthews Band saxophonist, composer, educator and national musician Jeff Coffin to chat about what he and Dave Matthews have learned from each other, his 12-years so far with DMB and how it has all come together, Ear Up Records, his musical influences, his first love of music, why he loves teaching so much, what it's like to know that thousands of fans are there to see you when on stage, the hardest type of saxophone to play, his time with Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Nashville's recent tough times and how he's helped, how to help free lance musicians during COVID-19 through ITA Studio Streams and more!   38:00-52:00 ML is joined by James Littlejohn to chat about his book series ABC to MVP, what he hopes kids and adults get out of reading his work, why he started the project, why reading is so important at a young age and more!    This episode is supported by the below sponsors.  Click on their websites for more. Brian Conboy, Mass Mutual NY State https://advisors.massmutual

00:00-47:00: ML brings Scott Pitoniak in to chat about MLB's latest plan to start the season in Arizona and a deep dive into the career of Mickey Mantle.  Topics on The Mick include his impact on American sports, why he was greater than Willie Mays at his peak, Scott's chats with Mantle, why everyone should talk more about what Mickey did than what he didn't do, why he was a six tool player, the amount of MVP's Mantle should have won, why he would thrive in today's analytical MLB world, his strange relationship with manager Casey Stengel and more!   48:00-1:03:00 ML brings in Adam Rubin, former NY Mets beat man and insider for ESPN and The Daily News, to chat about his new job at Stony Brook, how COVID-19 has impacted the university and his job, what the future looks like with technology thanks to more people working from home, how worried he is about the nation's economy, the peak of covering the Mets and more! This episode is presented by the below sponsors.  Visit their websites for more.   Bryant and Stra

00:00-30:00: ML brings in Syracuse lacrosse great and current Jacksonville University head men's lacrosse coach John Galloway to chat about coaching now, how his roster is impacted by COVID-19, allowing players to use Twitter, his days at SU, what makes a great goalie, the comparisons in the pressure to win at Syracuse and West Genesee High School, his relationship with John Desko, the growth of the game, his incredible resume as a player in college and professionally, representing Team USA, his love of dogs, meeting his wife and more.   30:00-60:00: ML brings in old pal Scott Ian Ambinder from his CNY radio days to chat about what NYC is like right now, when Scott realized the city was in danger due to COVID-19, NYC missing its baseball and the way of life it brings to the city, Scott missing sports, his throwback sports t-shirt collection, what he's doing career-wise now and more!     This episode is brought to you by the below sponsors.  Please visit their website for more: Empower Federal Credit Union www

ML brings in Yankee great Bobby Richardson and pitching legend Jim Kaat to the program. 00:00-34:00:  Bobby Richardson chats with ML about his special friendship with Mickey Mantle, why he would take Mantle over Mays, when Mickey was officially welcomed by Yankee fans, Bobby's first time running on the field at the old Yankee Stadium, why Yogi Berra was underrated, being warned as a rookie not to mess with the Yankee World Series money, NYC baseball moving to the West Coast when he came to the Yanks, winning three rings in pinstripes, when Bobby was at his peak performance, coaching at South Carolina, not liking the game today because of analytics and more! 34:00-end:   Jim Kaat tells ML about the changing of the guard from AL power to NL speed/pitching during his day, generations of baseball and comparisons being too hard, what makes a great fielding pitcher as he won 16 Gold Gloves, winning it all in 1982 with St. Louis, knowing Derek Jeter belonged right away, the mythical figures in baseball history, what

ML chats again with Tim on a Thirsty Thursday about Week 1 of curbside pickup, New York State breweries getting a big break, wing sauces offered, popular items TO-GO, people excited to take a drive to WOB, the interactive APP, what's next, how he's adjusting to COVID-19 and more!  

ML chats with Randy about his season coming to an abrupt end, how his team and the school are adjusting to social distancing and COVID-19, JUCO players transferring, Seniors getting another year of eligibility due to the virus, the layers of sorting out we have at the college level now and in the future on and off the field and more.  

ML brings Tom Murphy in to chat about missing baseball, creative ways he's still communicating with his teammates, keeping up with fitness, if baseball will come back in 2020, his love of the outdoors and hunting, his diet, what the Mariners look like when MLB comes back and more!  

ML brings ESPN/ABC's Tom Rinaldi in to chat about sports returning in 2020, the crowded calendar when things get back to normal, how Wimbledon and The Open Championship impact the calendar, his lifetime sports Mount Rushmore, how we will tell the story of COVID-19 impacting sports years from now, his favorite event to cover, if the break is good for Tiger Woods, keeping busy without sports through feature/other work, what he hopes people say about him when the camera goes off and more, plus he asks a question to ML at the end!  

ML brings Elmer Anderson in to chat about being best friends and high school teammates with Pearl Washington, how he ended-up at Bonaventure. where Pearl wanted him to play college hoops, a story about Pearl not being able to get into Madison Square Garden, missing basketball, adjusting to COVID-19, coaching today and the message he tries to teach kids, playing Syracuse in the Reilly Center and how crazy it got, what Game Day was like at Bonas for him around campus and more!

ML brings Matt Hauswirth on to chat about how he is adjusting to COVID-19, missing sports, if he thinks sports will come back, the sport he wants back the most, colleges and universities possibly dealing with the challenge of no college football and losing bundles of money, the ACC Tournament bracket dominated by SU players, his Syracuse basketball Mount Rushmore and more!